Kanji - Level 32 - Vocab Flashcards
功績
Achievement
Kanji: 功 achievement + 績 exploits
Your achievements and exploits are your achievements.
Reading: こうせき
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
賛成
Agreement
Kanji: 賛 agree + 成 become
It has become that we agree. We have agreement!
Reading: さんせい
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
志
Ambition
Kanji: 志 intention
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.
Reading: こころざし
When you have the ambition to do something, it feels like you’re pointing at it with your heart. To say “heart pointing” in Japanese, you could say 心ざし (こころざし), which is how this word was written in classical Japanese. In modern Japanese it’s always 志, but the reading is exactly the same. Now get out there and heart point to your dreams!
先祖
Ancestors
Kanji: 先 previous + 祖 ancestor
Your previous ancestors are your ancestors. All ancestors are previous to you, after all, unless you want to talk time travel, then who knows.
Reading: せんぞ
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own. Just remember there is a rendaku that changes そ to ぞ！
食欲
Appetite
Kanji: 食 eat + 欲 want
I have a food want. When I want food (or when I don’t want food), it has to do with your appetite.
Reading: しょくよく
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
恩人
Benefactor
Kanji: 恩 kindness + 人 person
A kindness person is a very kind person. This person is a benefactor.
Reading: おんじん
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
血液
Blood
Kanji: 血 blood + 液 fluid
Your blood fluid is your blood.
Reading: けつえき
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
ゆで卵
Boiled egg
Kanji: ゆ + で + 卵 egg
The ゆで comes from the verb ゆでる, which means “to boil.” So this word means boiled egg.
Reading: ゆでたまご
The reading comes from the kanji.
火傷
Burn
Kanji: 火 fire + 傷 wound
A fire wound is a burn or scald you got from fire (or other hot things). Ouch!
Reading: やけど
The reading for this is unlike anything you’ve seen with these kanji. Try to think about a burn (on your arm) being caused by a yakky dodo (やけど) bird (which is a dodo bird that has yak-like features). Take a look at how weird it is, and wonder why it is burning you. Feel the pain.
背広
Business suit
Kanji: 背 back + 広 wide
If your back is wide, you need a nice business suit to cover it up when you go to work. Otherwise you’ll look completely out of place sitting at a desk like a giant, wide-backed wrestler. Is that what you want to look like? Of course not! You need to go out and buy a fancy suit to cover your wide back up right now!
Reading: せびろ
The readings for this word are both kun’yomi readings. You’ve learned them both already so you should be able to read this too! Just watch out for the weird rendaku here making it び not ひ.
肉欲
Carnal desires
Kanji: 肉 meat + 欲 want
Your meat wants are your deepest desires, your carnal desires.
Reading: にくよく
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
桜んぼ
Cherry
Kanji: 桜 sakura + ん + ぼ
A cherry tree can create a cherry. This is what this word is.
Reading: さくらんぼ
The reading comes from the kanji.
大騒ぎ
Clamor
Kanji: 大 big + 騒 boisterous + ぎ
If 騒ぐ is “to make noise,” then a big version of this is even louder. It’s a clamor and an uproar.
Reading: おおさわぎ
This is word that uses the kun’yomi readings of the kanji, which you should know already because 大 is pretty familiar to you by now (I hope) and you just learned 騒ぐ as well! Put them together, with a little tweaking at the end, and you have your reading. Ta-da!
押入れ
Closet
Kanji: 押 push + 入 enter + れ
You push things to make them enter the closet or cupboard.
Reading: おしいれ
The reading is 押し (push the し inside the 押) plus 入れる’s reading.
銭
Coin
Kanji: 銭 coin
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well. It can also mean money more generally.
Reading: ぜに
The reading for the kanji is せん, the reading for this vocab word is ぜに. They’re pretty similar, but only ぜに rhymes with “penny.”
共産党
Communist party
Kanji: 共 together + 産 give birth + 党 party
The idea of everyone together sharing property between them comes from which party? That’s the Communist Party.
Reading: きょうさんとう
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
複雑
Complicated
Kanji: 複 duplicate + 雑 random
There are duplicates of everything, not to mention the duplicates are random. Nothing makes sense, and everything is super complicated.
Reading: ふくざつ
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
便秘
Constipation
Kanji: 便 convenience + 秘 secret
For this word, the 便 comes from 便所, which you know as “toilet.” A toilet secret is one you take with you to the bathroom, one that you don’t want people to know about. This is constipation.
Reading: べんぴ
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own. The ひ changes to ぴ because “P” stands for “Poop.”
伝染病
Contagious disease
Kanji: 伝 transmit + 染 dye + 病 sick
A sickness that can transmit and then dye into you (aka get inside you and infect you, via transmission) is a contagious disease. Everyone cover their mouths when they cough and sneeze, and please wash your hands, okay?
Reading: でんせんびょう
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
複写
Copying
Kanji: 複 duplicate + 写 copy
When you make a duplicate copy you are copying things. Especially if you’re making a photocopy or a carbon copy. It’s like a copy of a copy!
複写 is a pretty formal word for copying documents, text, or images. It’s still often used to talk about carbon copies. But for photocopies, most people just say コピー(する) these days.
Reading: ふくしゃ
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
飾り
Decoration
Kanji: 飾 decorate + り
This is the noun version of the kanji decorate, so it means decoration.
Reading: かざり
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun’yomi reading. You learned this reading already so you should be able to read it!
志望
Desire
Kanji: 志 intention + 望 hope
Your intention for your hope is what you want. It’s not just a hope. You have intention behind it. This is your desire. This is your ambition.
Reading: しぼう
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
机
Desk
Kanji: 机 desk
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.
Reading: つくえ
The reading is the same as what you learned with the kanji.
汚水
Dirty water
Kanji: 汚 dirty + 水 water
Dirty water is dirty water. Gross. Could also be sewage. Even grosser.
Reading: おすい
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
卵
Egg
Kanji: 卵 egg
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.
Reading: たまご
The reading is the same as what you learned with the kanji.
英訳
English translation
Kanji: 英 England + 訳 translation
English translate is an English translation.
Reading: えいやく
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
眼
Eye
Kanji: 眼 eyeball
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well. This is just a little more technical than 目.
Readings: め, まなこ
The reading is the same as the word “eye” (目), so use that to remember this!
眼球
Eyeball
Kanji: 眼 eyeball + 球 sphere
An eyeball sphere is an eyeball. Eww.
Reading: がんきゅう
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
老眼
Farsightedness
Kanji: 老 elderly + 眼 eyeball
An elderly eyeball is one that can’t see things close up. That’s why this word means farsightedness. But this is the kind of farsightedness that only comes with age. So you have to be an elderly oldey to have 老眼.
Reading: ろうがん
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
永久
Forever
Kanji: 永 eternity + 久 long time
Eternity is a long time… as in forever. This word has to do with an actual forever. So, like, forever. Not like an “oh man I haven’t done that in forever,” because if you’ve done something before, it’s not forever. This is forever for realsies.
Reading: えいきゅう
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
永遠
Eternity
Kanji: 永 eternity + 遠 far
An eternity that is far away is not really an eternity, it just feels like it. It’s forever, but not the real kind of forever that’s actually forever. That’s 永久, which is a real forever, this is more like “whoa, I haven’t eaten sushi in forever” (actually, you have).
Reading: えいえん
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
成績
Grades
Kanji: 成 become + 績 exploits
You become exploits… as in, your exploits become a thing you can actually see, and you can see them in the form of grades. Ouch, some of your exploits weren’t all that amazing…
Reading: せいせき
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
祖父
Grandfather
Kanji: 祖 ancestor + 父 father
Your ancestor father isn’t your father, it’s the father that came before your father’s generation, your grandfather.
Reading: そふ
The reading is all on’yomi, which is great for 祖 but not as great for 父. To remember that this 父 is ふ, just think about how much of a fool (ふ) your grandfather was, even if he wasn’t.
祖母
Grandmother
Kanji: 祖 ancestor + 母 mother
Your ancestor mother isn’t your mother, it’s the mother before your mother, your grandmother.
Reading: そぼ
The reading for 祖 is known to you, but the 母 part is not. To remember the on’yomi reading for 母 in 祖母, just think about how your grandmother had a boat (ぼ), even if she didn’t… and what an amazing boat it was. If you want, you can imagine your grandma is a boat too, but that might not be very nice.
傷心
Heartbreak
Kanji: 傷 wound + 心 heart
A wound of your heart. That could be many things, but in this case it’s heartbreak.
Reading: しょうしん
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
桜肉
Horse meat
Kanji: 桜 sakura + 肉 meat
Strangely, cherry tree meat isn’t just some kind of cherry steak… it’s horse meat. Hopefully you’ll just remember that due to the strangeness of this word’s kanji.
Reading: さくらにく
The reading is the words 桜 and 肉 put together into one horse steak of a word.
衛生
Hygiene
Kanji: 衛 defense + 生 life
In defense of life, you have to remain clean. If you are dirty, you will die earlier (think: plagues). So, to defend said life, you must have good hygiene.
Reading: えいせい
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
感染
Infection
Kanji: 感 feeling + 染 dye
The feeling of dye, covering your body, is the feeling of nasty germs and diseases penetrating your skin, getting inside of you. This is an infection, and it’s gross.
Reading: かんせん
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
傷者
Injured person
Kanji: 傷 wound + 者 someone
Someone who has a wound is someone who is wounded. They are an injured person.
Reading: しょうしゃ
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
興味
Interest
Kanji: 興 interest + 味 flavor
I have an interest in the flavor… You do? Yes, I have a very deep interest in it.
Reading: きょうみ
As a jukugo kanji, you can guess the reading is the on’yomi kanji readings, which it is, so you should be able to read it.
通訳
Interpreting
Kanji: 通 pass through + 訳 translation
If you let words pass through you, and as they do you translate them, you are doing interpreting.
Reading: つうやく
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
和訳
Japanese translation
Kanji: 和 peace + 訳 translation
Remember how 和 represents Japan? Now, take that and add translate to it. With that, you have Japanese translation.
Reading: わやく
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
自民党
Liberal democratic party
Kanji: 自 self + 民 peoples + 党 party
The individual peoples party is the political group that believes in each individual of the people (or something?). The translation doesn’t really get hinted at in this meaning, but this group is the Liberal Democratic Party, aka the LDP.
Reading: じみんとう
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
液体
Liquid
Kanji: 液 fluid + 体 body
Things that have a fluid body are made of liquid.
Reading: えきたい
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
久しい
Long ago
Kanji: 久 long time + し + い
This is a single kanji with しい on the end, meaning it’s an adjective. What’s the adjective form of long time? Well, it’s long ago, or can mean for a long time.
Reading: ひさしい
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun’yomi reading. You didn’t learn that reading with this kanji, so here’s a mnemonic to help you:
Long ago, in a galaxy far away, a bunch of prequel movies were ruined by a single character. “Heesa (ひさ) the best character!” you hear. Oh no. Heesa here. Get out before Jar Jar Binks gets you! Keep him in the past!
結婚式
Marriage ceremony
Kanji: 結 bind + 婚 marriage + 式 ritual
If 結婚 is marriage, then a marriage ceremony is a marriage ceremony or wedding.
Reading: けっこんしき
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.
雑費
Miscellaneous expenses
Kanji: 雑 random + 費 expense
Random expenses are miscellaneous expenses. Not actually random, but they feel that way.
Reading: ざっぴ
This is a jukugo word that uses the on’yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own. The ざつ goes to ざっ and the ひ goes to ぴ, making it into a dumb sounding word, like “zappy” (ざっぴ), so you can think about how some of your miscellaneous expenses were on zappy items.
